Resilience...!

ATM...!?!

Empathy the only thing that matters most...! 

~ Have it, Show it, Do it ~

History, Glory... Story!

Yesterday proved to be a Historical Nostalgic Retrospective Day for me! After a professional meeting in the morning where I once again failed to cope with the pretentious dictator with indistinct expectations trying to manipulate me, I had this golden opportunity in the afternoon to meet one of our School Teachers living nearby my house all by himself and continue to inspire us with an incredible example of being independent at the age of 81...!

Except for the age, we could not feel any change in the compassion or devotion to make a good citizen out of his pupils, through his trembling yet soothing voice that was more sopping because of the empathy. It was heartening to connect with the strong emotions we shared about all the issues right from the condition of our school to the International Economics and Geopolitics. Only the years have passed, nothing between us – we and our school and our teachers – has changed much as far as the learning the prior has received from the later two is concerned... and how relieving that fact was for the confused minds is just beyond the words, why even expression of any sort; it’s an experience to enliven and cherish forever...!

In the evening, we went to meet Mr. Milind Kshirsagar, an iconic role model for the trek and trail lovers! Milind had travelled more than Lac kilometres on his Bajaj Chetak scooter that he has modified for the cruising purpose and his wife and son accompanied him for all these expeditions, something beyond the imagination of an average commuter. As if this journey of three on two wheels is not startling itself, Milind has a collection of assorted historic artifacts of various characteristics and antique values, right from a Gramophone, Trumpet (Tutari) to Swords and Javelins and collection of assorted liquor sealed in creative containers that he collected as souvenirs from various places he visited across India. In these adventurous undertakings, he met with accidents, some of which could have proved fatal hadn’t been it for his fortitude and determination to carry his own leg separated from the upper-body to the nearby hospital for operation. These stories have become legends literally as somebody told this story to Milind himself with little exaggeration!

As if the visitors are not perplexed enough with the stories and visuals of these ‘Gulliver’s Travels’, Milind has something more to offer with his endeavor ‘Shivaji Trails’ which is his dream, undertaking, initiative and passion, all at the same time. He is absolutely obsessed with the Splendor of Forts of Maharashtra and committed to conserve their heritage value and improve their conditions at any cost... literally! 

Completely mesmerized and almost bedazzled with the story and glory of the history that we had an opportunity to engage with for few hours, we left Milind for planning his next event of the weekend, thinking these must be the people who made the history! You will find everything about Milind’s project at http://www.shivajitrail.in/ and you must visit, like and share his Facebook Page at – https://www.facebook.com/pages/Shivaji-Trail/162325290502337

 The larger-than-life intentions led by legendry persons and passions call for huge public support to endure and enshrine. 

“An idea needs propagation as much as a plant needs watering. Otherwise both will wither and die...”

Stay tuned and let us help conserve the glorious heritage...!

BRICS...!

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Hitopadesh...!

Today let’s try and find out what ‘Management’ is all about. By the way, if you find any similarity between these stories and Panchatantra, it’s NOT mere coincidence. In fact you can call it ‘The 21st Century Panchatantra’! Enjoy and see if you can find some Hitopadesh from the Jataka...!

A dog wandering in the jungle lost his way and saw a lion approaching him. The dog was anxious and thought “It’s the last day of my life!” He glanced around in despair and found few bones scattered in front of him. He immediately turned his back to the lion, sat down and started chewing the bones and loudly exclaiming “Wow! It is such a treat to have a lion for the lunch! If I can manage to find one more it would be quite a feast!” and he burped aloud. This took the lion by surprise and the lion thought “It must be a mighty dog that attacks a lion for prey! I must run away and save my life!” and it took a flight.

There was a monkey sitting on the tree witnessing all this drama. He thought it’s a great opportunity to tell the truth to the lion and befriend him so that I can live in peace for the entire life by having lion in my favor. It hurriedly chased the lion but could not hide from the dog who immediately grasped that there is some conspiracy to handle. The monkey reached the lion and narrated the story of him being fooled by the dog and the lion roared and said, “Come on, Sit on my back. Let’s get back to that stupid dog and I will end the story he started.”

Now, this is the twist in our story and our smart dog should apply some management skills to govern the situation.

Can you imagine what the dog did?

The dog gazed the lion approaching him and again turned his back and sat on the ground. As the lion and monkey were close, the dog started yelling in frustration “This monkey is really hopeless. It’s almost an hour now I sent him and it cannot manage to entrap and fetch another lion!”

 

Moral of the story: Yes, one definitely is ‘Ideas are bulletproof!’ but that’s not the only moral. Think management and you will realize another important one... ‘Beware of not only the Lion but also the monkeys that surround him...!' 

 

What were you thinking... 'Every dog has his day' or what...!?! 

 

Stay tuned and Be Aware of Monkeys...!

ECOCIDE...!

JIM at his B-E-S-T...!